Monday, September 14, 2009

Another Sign Of The Times (My Time)

This photo is catching on, both, because it's funny and emblematic of the conservative feeling out there - The Macho Response.

Yea, I knew this was going to happen, and - without a true leader to step up and channel this force into something more politically constructive - it's got the potential to get ugly. But I don't see such a leader out there.

Michael Steele sure ain't it. And even our conservative commentators and media people - except for Rush, Beck, and Bill Whittle - are pretty sorry. Most are so wrapped up in being gatekeepers (you've got to be a certain kind of conservative figure now - acceptable to Malkin, Reynolds, etc. - though, for inspiration, they're now at least posting photos, like the one above, of people who look, think, and talk like me) more than they'll allow any of this the kind of free expression it deserves.

I mean, where's "professor" Glenn Reynold's expose' on what's behind the artwork at Rockefeller Center, like Glenn Beck gave us? Where's Michelle Malkin's breakdown on the infiltration of NewAge into Democratic Politics like I do? They won't go there, and yet they're two of the most read and celebrated commentators out there, turning up their noses at anyone - except for Beck - who has the temerity to say "You guys are waaay too focused on the wrong things."

I was reading Stacy McCain's blog this weekend - the post where he's preparing for battle with Little Green Footballs' increasingly insane Chuck Johnson - and he's going on about how he likes certain conservatives "because they fight" but, while I found it thrilling, it couldn't help but remind me that, despite being on the same side, me and Panda Bear are out here, pretty much, fighting alone.

Too rowdy, online, to be acceptable offline to these people, who we have to practically hide our thoughts and identities to maneuver freely around - if you can call it that.

This situation screams for us - an angry citizen's revolt against a black president's healthcare plan? - but we're the last people these yuppies-in-charge will call. Like Roger L. Simon with that stupid hat, they'll keep on taking the stage themselves, acting like they can fulfill the calling, until something happens to make it clear their avoidance of what liberals always call "the real issues" hasn't given them any understanding of what real people need, or where to go from here.

Comments

"The Crack Emcee is the Truth-teller and the Trickster, he is the Jokerman: he is the Black Conservative who has found his own ‘Slow Train Coming.’ To repurpose a bit of Dylan history: the commenters are yelling at him ‘Judas’ and his reply is ‘I don’t believe you.’"

"In a different time and place, Crack and I knew each other pretty well and his work inspired me. Though more political and sociological, he covers a similar ground from a non-believers perspective, but is unabashedly conservative politically. Check it out, but it's deep dark water; the feints may be indistinguishable from the sincere and it's not for the faint-of-heart."

"Raising his Pimp Hand to the Lunatic Fringe. Yeah, I list him three times. You need to read his blog. Danger: You might not get it at first but I assure you that when you do, you will slap yourself in the head like the idiot you once were. Read it. Love it. Learn it. And that pile of smelly goo at yer’ feet? That’s just the entrails of your stinking idols baking in the hot sand of the Crack Emcee’s arena."

"He imbues his words with so much bite, wit and shading that a lyric sheet doesn't begin to suggest the depth of what he's conveying. What he does is articulate soul-knowledge, those truths we hide from or can't find the words for. You listen to it with mouth agape, not because it's radical in content but because it's raw and honest, unconcerned with the truth-gagging politics of celebrity -- which perhaps makes it radical after all. If Paul Mooney and Nina Simone had a baby, then ignored it, leaving it to raise itself up by its own brilliant and righteously embittered genes, the Crack Emcee would be the result."

"I have been mulling over for awhile now how I might act as a ‘force for good’ in this world. I am particularly interested in the danger associated with cults and indoctrination at all levels of the human experience. How might I help combat this? The Crack Emcee does it,...in addition to blogging on his many other interests, and he has been a big inspiration."

"Day after day, post after post, he gives incredible insight into issues we're all pursuing, but he's got this funky, incredible, hilarious, SPOT-ON take on things. He is a one-man Time Magazine, the way it SHOULD be.

"I just came across The Macho Response. A lovely blog,...that describes the writer's journey from Democrat to Republican. There are lots of pretty pictures illustrating his story. What he looks at with a particularly bright eye is the occultism that is at the core of the Democrat world view today."

"A politically-incorrect blog out in the Bay Area…There is an occasional picture that is not quite appropriate to an office environment, although I’m not sure this by itself justifies a 'NSFW' warning…language isn’t fit for family viewing. The ideas are definitely dangerous. Unsuitable opinions. Terrible taste. Pictures of strange ugly creatures. Yup, we’re cousins, alright,...I’m certainly gonna read this 'Macho Response' guy."

As a former homeopathic 'doctor', I commend you for your bravery and brilliance.

Your blog is like an antidote to the 'New' Age too-cool-for-school-aid that America's been drinking like it's going out style...which, with the help of brilliant minds like you, hopefully it is. The sooner the better, for all our sakes.

I can't thank you enough for saving me from the eau de toilet/oprahahaha cesspool..."